Cigar-box



H. LELMAN.

cle/R Box. l APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1920. 1,400,084, Patented Deo. 13, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

H. LEIMAN.

CIGAR BOX. APPLICATION FILED IAN. I4, 1920.

1,400,084. Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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Speeication of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

' .lp'plcation led January 14, 1920. Serial No. 351,294.

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art t0 which it appertains to' make and use the same.

This invention relates to boxes, particularly to wooden boxes designed for holding cigars. Its object is to produce a box that is simple-in construction, susceptible of rapid production and at the same time constitutes a neat, strong box suitable for the use for which it is intended. This box is made from a single slab of wood and has its sides integrally united to the bottom by a flexible, ligamentary layer of the wood of the slab reinforced by flexible strips, the end edges lof the sides being mitered together, and

united at their corners by angular corrugated corner fastenings driven into the top edges s0 as to unite the side walls neatly and rmly to each other at the corners.

In the drawings,

AFigure 1 represents a partially prepared blank in an early stage .of manufacture.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the blank shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank in a more advanced stage of manufacture, the corner` sections having been removed.

Fig. 5 is a view of a completed box.

Fig. 5a is a section through one wall and bottom joint.

Fig. 6 is a view of a corrugated ycorner fastener used to unite the upper corners of the side walls together.A

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in all of the views.

B represents the body of the completed box, and C the cover which may be secured thereto by a hinge-strip of tough paper or other suitable flexible material. The bottom 1 and lower edges of the side walls 2 are united by integral ligamentary layers 13a, 14a, of the wood from which the box is made, these layers having been left after forming grooves 13 and 14 acrossthe slab as shown in the drawing.

As the flexible connecting layers 13 and 14l are thin, the beveled portions 13b and 14" that 'constituted sides of the grooves 13 and 14 ofthe blank are in contact, forming mitered joints adjacent the connecting layers. The end edges of the side walls are jointed to each other by a square mitered joint formed by the continuations of said beveled sides 13b and 14b and the sides are rigidly secured to each other by corrugated angular corner fastenings 17 driven into the top edges of the sides 2 at the upper corners. The inner surfaces of the box are lined with paper 12 there being a separate sheet on each of the side walls and bottom. The outer corners where the side walls join the bottom are reinforced by strips 10 and 11 of muslin, tough paper or the like. The upper edges of the front and end side walls 2 are bound with ornamental paper 15 as is usual. This box contains no nails or embedded fasteners other than the corner fasteners 17; the side walls being held to the bottom of the box glue or other cement, which will also aid in excluding air from the box. It may some times be deemed preferable to coat the beveled surfaces that form the mitered joints between the bottom and side walls and between the ends of the side walls, with paraffin or equivalent air excluding luting or other composition. A box having its joints filled with cement or luting has certa-in advantages in preserving its contents, and this is particularly useful in the box herein described since the lining is made of separate pieces, and the corner strips 10 and 11 are not integral over the outside of the joint between the end walls.

It is preferred to make this box from a single slab of 3-ply wood such as Spanish or cigar box cedar, The two outer layers 7 and 9 preferably have the grain running parallel and the inner layer 8 has the grain running transversely of the grain of the layers 7 and 9. Having produced a slab of the proper proportions to make a box of the desired dimensions a layer of lining paper 12 is cemented to the upper side. B y upper side is meant the side that will constitute the inside of the completed box. I-Iaving cemented the layer of lining paper 12 l to the slab, reinforcingstrip's 10andv of muslin or tough paper are then cemented to the under side of the blank as disclosed `in Fig. 3. These reinforcing'strips cr'ossthe f slab in zones opposite the-location ,of vthe and 141 forming an angle of 9 0o with eachother. They do not pass entirely through- 4the slab but leave a layer 1132*, 14a between.

the bottom of the groove and the underside of the slab. After the grooves have been cut the binding strip 15 is placed upon threel edges of the slab as shown in Fig. 1. Thel corner pieces 16 lying within the angles formed by the end'of these crossing grooves are then removed. The removal of the corner. ieces 16 leaves a blank, such as is shown in Fig. 4, with sections of lining paper 12 on its upper face separated by said grooves, and

the reinforcing strips 10 and 11 beneath the grooves, the ends of the side walls 2 beingl mitered at an angle of 450. At this stage,

` if desired, glue or other suitable coating to form the points of the completed box, as

hereinbefore mentioned. The side walls 2 are then bent upward perpendicular to the bottom until the mitered ends of the side walls and the opposite faces of the grooves meet. While the side walls may be held together by any suitable means, a corrugated angular fastener 17 is illustrated in Fig. 5 as driven into each upper corner. This completes the manufacture of the box except for putting on the cover which may be done in the usual manner -by forming a hinge of fabric or other suitable material cemented to the cover C and to the unbound edge 3 of the box.

By this process al box is formed with the side walls jointed and mitered together at their corners andintegrally connected to the bottom, reinforced by a strong binding around the outside lower edges at the junction of the bottom and ,side walls. The grain of the bottom and the ain of the side walls run parallel with saidgbottom and side walls.

.The lining 12 is formed of five separateA pieces, one piece on the bottom and one on yeach of the side walls.

A box of this construction can be made with great rapidity, accuracy and neatness; the reinforcing strips, lining, cement or luting (when used) and border are placed v afiat slab may be manipulated more effectively than a completed box. f

I claim: v

1. A wooden box having the ends of its side walls jointed and secured together at the corners land integrally united to the '1 .aA-weed@ box having the ends of its side walls jointed and secured together at the corners and united tothe bottom, the

grain of the wood in the sides andA bottoni,

respectively, extending in substantially parallel 'planes perpendicular to the bottom.

.3. A Woodenbox having mitered joints' between its bottom and'side walls and between side wall and side wall, the side walls being connected to the bottom by a flexible connection, and a separate lining sheet covering the bottom and each side wall, the grain of the wood in said bottom and side walls lying 'in substantially parallel planes perpendicular -to the bottom.

4. A wooden box -having mitered joints between itsbottom and side walls Vand between sidev wall and side wall, an integral li amentary layer of wood connecting each side wall with the bottom, and coating composition between the meeting faces of the joints.

5. A wooden box made of an unsevered blank, said blank having its side walls jointed and secured together at the corners, and integrally united to the bottom by a layer of wood of less thickness than the said side walls and bottom.

6. A wooden box made of an unsevered blank, said box having its side walls mitered and Asecured together at the corners and integrally united to the bottom by an outer layer of Wood of less thickness than the said side walls and bottom, the side walls and bottom joining in amiter adjacent the and integrally united to the bottom by a layer of wood'of less thickness than said sides and bottom and flexible reinforcing sheet material covering the angle at the junction of said sides and bottom.

8,. A wooden box made of a slab, said box having'side walls mitered together at the corners and integrally united to the bottom by an outer layer of wood of less thickness than said sides and bottom, the side wwalls and bottom joining in-a miter adjacent said integral uniting layer, flexible reinforcing sheet material covering the outer angles at the junction of said sides and bottom, and a fastener securing the side walls to each other. l

9. A wooden box for holding cigars comprising a bottom section having mitered. edges, opposite side sections and opposite end sections having mitered edgesiadapted side and end pieces, the grain of the Wood to fit the mtered edges of the bottom seoin the bottom, sides and ends lying in tions, said side and end sections also havplanes parallel With a longitudinal plane 10 ing mitered ends adapted to fit each other, perpendicular to the bottom.

5 flexible reinforcing and hinge strips ce- In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

mented to the outer portion of the box over the miter joints between the bottom and HENRY LEIMAN. 

